The Practice and Science of Drawing

Project Gutenberg's The Practice and Science Of Drawing, by Harold SpeedThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: The Practice and Science Of DrawingAuthor: Harold SpeedRelease Date: December 6, 2004 [EBook #14264]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SCIENCE OF DRAWING ***Produced by Jonathan Ingram and the Online Distributed ProofreadingTeam at http://www.pgdp.netTHEPRACTICE & SCIENCEOFDRAWINGBYHAROLD SPEEDAssoci de la Soci� t Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris; Member of the � �Royal Society of Portrait Painters, &c. * * * * *With 93 Illustrations & DiagramsLONDON SEELEY, SERVICE & CO. LIMITED 38 GREAT RUSSELL STREET 1913[Illustration: Plate I.FOUR PHOTOGRAPHS OF SAME MONOCHROME PAINTING IN DIFFERENT STAGESILLUSTRATING A METHOD OF STUDYING MASS DRAWING WITH THE BRUSH] * * * * *PREFACEPermit me in the first place to anticipate the disappointment of anystudent who opens this book with the idea of finding "wrinkles" on howto draw faces, trees, clouds, or what not, short cuts to excellence indrawing, or any of the tricks so popular with the drawing masters of ourgrandmothers and still dearly loved by a large number of ...